Yea... you people better remember that picture above. At least he still had all his fingers. I was at my Club when this guy was breaking in his engine about 5 years back...and he was showing another person, who was thinking about becoming a member how to adjust the low end screw while the engine was running with a small screw driver.

It was a Nylon Prop... it didn't even slow down when he stuck his hand in the prop. Took me and 3 other people 20 minutes to find his finger. The Vice Pres found the finger and drove to the emergency room where he was with the finger on ice.

It's been 5 years since I've seen him or his young friend. I guess he came back for his plane... but what I do know is they both quit the hobby.

Here is my finger after I got bit when I hand started a Evolution .61 NX engine in cold weather. I had a wood prop on it and when it kicked back on me it took the skin off. Of course real men don't use "Chicken Sticks." But this man does now.